mainly

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈmeɪnli/   

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Chiefly; for the most part. not-comparable
    — She had Lord James' collar in one big fist and she pounded the table with the other and talked a blue streak. Nobody could make out plain what she said, for she was mainly jabbering Swede lingo, but there was English enough, of a kind, to give us some idee.
  2. Forcefully, vigorously. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Such breadth of ſhoulders as might mainely beare Olde Atlas burthen, […]
  3. Of the production of a sound: loudly, powerfully. not-comparable,obsolete
    — But in the end, mainly crying out, he fell to raling and wringing his master, upbraiding him that he was not a true Philosopher[…].
  4. To a great degree; very much. not-comparable,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
principally
相关词
amain

词源

From Middle English maynly; equivalent to main + -ly.
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